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A case of bony lytic lesions in a patient with Gaucher disease

Gaucher disease is a clinically heterogeneous disorder of glucocerebroside metabolism and may present incidentally late in life with unexplained thrombocytopenia, splenomegaly, or bony lesions. Clinicians should be aware that patients with Gaucher disease appear to have an increased risk for develop...

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Autores principales: McGinnis, Eric, Moshref Razavi, Habib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2329
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Sumario:Gaucher disease is a clinically heterogeneous disorder of glucocerebroside metabolism and may present incidentally late in life with unexplained thrombocytopenia, splenomegaly, or bony lesions. Clinicians should be aware that patients with Gaucher disease appear to have an increased risk for developing hematolymphoid malignancies, particularly monoclonal gammopathies and plasma cell myeloma.